COMEDY SKETCH WITH HEDDA HOPPER AS HERSELF DOING A FEATURE STORY ON RED SKELTON INTERVIEWS HIM IN HIS DRESSING ROOM. JOKES ABOUT HIS LIFE, DAMN YANKEES, ELVIS PRESLEY, SINGING. RED SHOWS HER HIS CHILDHOOD PICTURES. CLOWN PAINTINGS ON THE WALLS. FADE TO HIS CHILDHOOD. LITTLE RED HEADED BOY SINGS BUT WANTS TO BE A CLOWN LIKE HIS FATHER. BOY LEAVES TO FOLLOW HIS FATHER IN PEORIA. (RED AS CLOWN REDSO-COMEDY PANTOMIME. THEADS A NEEDLE AND SEWS HIS TOES) SON SURPRISES HIM AND RED TAKES OFF HIS BELT TO HIT IS SON AND HIS PANTS FALL DOWN AN EXPOSE HIS WOMAN'S BLOOMER. SON DOES THE LAUNDRY FOR THE CIRCUS AND THE FAT LADY. RED SENDS HIM HOME BUT SON SNEAKS BACK IN AND HELPS HIM WITH HIS ACT BY SINGING OPERA. RED IS PROUD.

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